Word: wrath
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first burst of criticism came from special-interest groups, but many of their gripes were legitimate. Foreign automakers, for example, were frightened that their cars might not qualify for the rebates on fuel-efficient vehicles. Actually, they probably wilL; but rebates on foreign cars are certain to provoke the wrath of the United Auto Workers...
...personal opposition was one hindrance to efficiency that Gorski sought to eliminate. He gained a reputation as "a dangerous man to cross," as one officer put it. Most officers refused to speak to reporters during Gorski's tenure, for fear their remarks might bring down upon them the considerable wrath of the police office. One union negotiator cited "a complete lack of trust in the chief of police" as one of the major stumbling blocks to reaching agreement on a contract. Gorski's organizational changes, he said, had destroyed morale in the force--and the "morale issue" has since become...
...Corps of Engineers. While also serving as a regular branch of the Army, the engineers have constructed 4,000 projects during the past 152 years. They tamed the Mississippi River, dug the Panama Canal, erected the secret installations that produced the atomic bomb, and along the way earned the wrath of legions of environmentalists...
...Georgian who was one of Hollywood's most versatile and highly paid screenwriters and producers; of pneumonia; in Los Angeles. After stints as a newspaperman and a humorist for the Saturday Evening Post, Johnson wrote nearly 100 screenplays in 35 years, including such classics as The Grapes of Wrath, Tobacco Road, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and The Three Faces of Eve. A wisecracker, he quipped after two divorces: "I always insist on custody of the mother...
...border of the intolerable. Like an obscene Buddha of bloat, he is seated and immobile at center stage. He can use only his face, his voice and his hands to convey scalding inner pain, the shame of incessant humiliation, a wry humor that disguises itself as self-mocking wrath and a shyly proffered love that he knows will be drowned like an unwanted kitten. Directed with unswerving authority by Robert Drivas, James Coco has reached the pinnacle of his career as a poignant martyr...